Thor is the Asgardian God of Thunder and the son of Odin, the All-Father of Asgard , and the Elder Earth-Goddess Gaea. Combining the power of both worlds, Thor is arguably the greatest and mightiest defender of both . Armed with his powerful enchanted hammer Mjolnir, Thor is the mightiest warrior of Asgard, a founding member of the Avengers and one of the strongest, most powerful beings on Earth.

I don't think Thor should be a full god, if so..Why hasn't Earth's religion changed for everyone?

I think Thor is better if he was a demi-god with lightning powers.

Demi- Gods are half human -half God like hercules, Thor has never been a demi- god ever although he has been referenced in the past as such. His father is Odin and mother is Gaea/mother Earth which makes him a full blooded God.

@warewolf577: You don't seem to get the fact that the gods of Asgard aren't like the all powerful beings people think of when they here the word God. Even in the Mythology they were always more grounded than the gods of other religions.

There are many definitions of the term and label god. The origins of the word are basically believed to mean to invoke and call upon. Basically pray and worship. Its not a really hard criteria to fit. Plus if you want to get technical all things are probably mortal. I mean Galactus is going to live the lifetime of a Universe plus a little extra, but even he is going to die, and other versions of him have died. Galactus is subject to death, hence he is mortal. Just to a creature that only lives 80 years 40 or so billion years seems like forever. Not unreasonable grounds to call something living that long immortal. So Thor will eventually die too. Odin will. The Earth will. How long something can live has no bearing on how powerful something is either.

@warewolf577: I get whaat your saying. He functions better on earth and as the Avengers as a demi-god.

But the flaw is that if he is named Thor he has to be a god. The whole point of the character is that he is based on the Norse God Thor. He's the marvel version of the God of Thunder. So I don't see how you can change that without using a new character or simply someone that is not Thor

@warewolf577: I get whaat your saying. He functions better on earth and as the Avengers as a demi-god.

But the flaw is that if he is named Thor he has to be a god. The whole point of the character is that he is based on the Norse God Thor. He's the marvel version of the God of Thunder. So I don't see how you can change that without using a new character or simply someone that is not Thor

Thor was made Donald Drake when his pride spiked too high, and thus it was more of a punishment. I think that perhaps the idea of him being weaker to fight weaker foes is appealing so that it keeps his feats in a consistent light of some kind, but on the other hand. If the strongest man on earth (I mean in the real word) were to get into a fight with a below average guy, the truth is he would have to pull his punches in order not to hurt him and he shouldn't have to be made less in strength just because he is challenged by weaker people.

Same goes with Thor, he is protecting earth, he is not a street level hero either. In the TV shows he is really only seen fighting Super villains, unlike heroes like Spider-Man who fight your average thug on a regular basis. But still as the protector of Earth, you don't choose your enemies, you just have to be prepared for whatever comes at you.

Thor is NEVER shown to be on par with, much less beyond the powers of Zeus in mythology in any way. Zeus is more powerful than the combined might of his entire pantheon, which includes all five of his elder siblings. This is stated as fact in the myths and demonstrated multiple times when they try to overthrow him. Thor may be the single most powerful member of his pantheon (and that's a big 'may be' since the myths never compare him to Odin), but the combined might of the rest of the Aesir will bring him down. Thor's biggest threat was the Midgard Serpent, which he was never able to beat until the end, which cost him his own life. Zeus's by contrast was Typhon, the largest and most powerful of monsters, fathered by Gaia, and bigger than the Midgard Serpent even by description. When confronted with Typhon all the other gods ran except for Zeus (and Athena in some versions once she realized that Zeus was not running). Zeus slammed him with a hundred lightning bolts and dropped a mountain on him and went back home. Find any feat of Thor in the myths and I guarantee Zeus has one to beat it.

Demigod is not a lesser god, it is either a half-god half human or a human who has risen to the rank of god through various means. Lesser gods have other terms, such as daemons, semideus, etc.

As to the topic, no Thor is not better off as a demigod. His origin does not support it and while he sometimes fights mortal foes, this is in keeping with the mythological roots of the character, who fought all manner for foes that were a threat to mankind. If they were mortal, oh well, they were just good enough to get his attention. Hercules, by the way is also not a demigod, not anymore at least. His mortal half was stripped from him and became its own separate being (in the myths as well as in the comics) upon his death. Marvel could play around with demigod characters (I always thought a modern child of Zeus would be an interesting concept) but DC beat them to it with Wonder Girl and now Wonder Woman after the reboot.

Also, why would everyone's religion change? There are some who acknowledge that Thor is a god and worship him, just as there are those that worship some of the other gods, but that's just it, multiple gods exist in the realm of comics, not just Thor, and even Thor acknowledges the Judeo-Christian god as being real. Just like the real world, in the realm of comics, much of mankind has moved beyond their perceived need of divine guidance, with most apathetic towards gods, not really caring if they exist or not. And with multiple beings of mortal origin (Sentry, Hulk, Genis Vell, etc) acknowledged as being on par with some gods in various aspects, why would a couple running around really change your mind, especially when in the realm of comics we have been seeing beings do crazy crap for centuries and is stated fact at least as far back as pre-WWII?

Religion hasn't changed in the Marvel Universe because these gods like Thor aren't the ultimate entities that people believe in like TOAA. God in the sense of Thor is more of a title. That being said, him being a demi-god is an awful idea.

Seriously guys? In norse mythology THOR is in fact a DEMI-GOD. Before Marvel, norse mythology was the vikings religion. "Thor" or "Tor" is the son of Odin a god of Asgard, and Jord an earthling. Half human/ Half god. So a calling Thor a Demi-god has nothing to do with christianity. And Tony Stark is Atheist, So tony believing in a god would be absurd. There by calling Thor a demi-god.

@euphoricviking: ummmm......Jord is "a female jötunn. She is the mother of Thor and the personification of the Earth. Fjörgyn and Hlóðyn are considered to be other names for Jörð. Jörð is reckoned a goddess, like other jötnar who coupled with the gods." So he's a god. And marvel Thor is more god than even Odin so sorry. No Demi wuss here!